Cuspidaria optima
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Huber, Markus
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Cuspidaria optima G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria optima G. B. Sowerby III, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406047 on 2026-08-27
created: 2009-06-26T09:47:52Z
modified: 2010-09-23T12:34:21Z
replaces: 406046
replaces: 539260
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Cuspidaria optima G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
class: Bivalvia
family: Cuspidariidae
genus: Cuspidaria
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). Marine Investigations in South Africa. 4: 1-19, pls 6-7.
name published in: Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 21: 159-268, pls 6-10.
name published in year: 1904
name published in year: 1931
parent name usage ID: 137858
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
specific epithet: optima
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted